The Gateway To Another Dimension

1. The Gateway To Another Dimension

I sat outside listening to the fireplace roar. It was 9PM. It wasn't cold out, it was somewhere in between sweater and t-shirt weather. We just got done eating dinner. It's unusual for us to eat dinner this late, but we both slept in, it's one of those lazy days. A lazy day for us is lying on the couch all day, watching netflix and eating take away food for dinner.

She came up to me from behind and hugged me. I looked back at her and smiled, and gave her a kiss. She asked me if i wanted to watch another movie. Of course i said. We walked into our living room, and cuddled up on the couch.

We decided to watch "Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children". The movie started, and i could already feel that i wasn't gonna make it through the whole movie, as my eyes slowly began to close. Later that night i woke up to a loud "slam", it was almost sounded like someone slammed a door shut as hard as they could.

I checked the house for intruders. No one was in our house, so i went back to bed and didn't think much of it. As i crawled up on the couch, she woke up. I asked her if she heard anything. She didn't. I noticed that the T.V was flickering as if we lost signal. I still didn't think much of it, so i went back to sleep again.

I woke up the next morning, walked out to the kitchen to drown myself in medicine as i do everyday because have a strong depression + anxiety. I noticed that my medicine was laying on the floor, so i woke her up and asked her if she dropped it or moved it by accident. She told me that she didn't move it, and asked me if i wanted to go get breakfast. I'm the kind of guy that loves going out to eat, and so does she. So i was quick to say yes.

We got dressed, and she went to grab the car keys, but they were missing. I was waiting for her outside at the car for 15 minutes. I started to wonder what took her so long, so i went inside to see what she was doing. I asked her, and she told me that she couldn't find the car keys. We decided to walk since the breakfast place wasn't that far from our house anyways.

We got there, sat down at a table and ordered our food. We were talking about the stuff that happened last night. We were so focused on our conversation that we didn't notice how loud we were speaking. I noticed a man sitting in the front of us. He was wearing a black hat, and a brown coat. He was staring at us, but every time me or Janie looked at him, he looked the other way. Very strange. It was almost like he knew something about what we were talking about.

She told me to go over there and ask him if something was wrong. So i did. but when i stood up, he quickly stood up as well and walked out the restaurant. I looked back at her, and she had a confused look on her face. I sat back down and we finished our breakfast, while continuing our conversation. We paid for our food, and we headed back home. To our surprise our front door was open, and a guy was standing right inside of the doorway. I shouted to him that i was gonna call the police, if he didn't leave or property. He turned around, he was crying. He said:

I took your stuff, that's why it's missing. b-but the gateway got closed somehow, so now i'm stuck in this dimension, and i'll never get to see my family again

He had a hopeless look on his face as he continued to stare at the painting on our wall....